However, even at this speed, it still seemed a bit slow to Dolosa’s eyes.
She lightly tilted her head, and the shimmering object slipped through her hair, only pulling out a single strand.
“Pfft!”
The object embedded itself into the wall. Dolosa turned around and saw it was a dagger.
How cruel.
Was she afraid that one dagger wouldn’t be enough to kill her, so she hid another one up her sleeve? Always prepared, huh? Keeping a backup plan, huh?
Dolosa glared fiercely at the blonde girl in front of her, a surge of fury bursting from her mind.
“Smack!”
A harsh slap landed on Dexilensi’s face.
“Cough!”
Dexilensi’s head snapped to the side, her entire cheek swelling up, a few droplets of saliva still clinging to her lips.
But she wasn’t angry. Instead, she looked at Dolosa with a mixture of resentment and self-blame, as if lamenting her own weakness for failing to kill Dolosa.
Dolosa was infuriated by that look. At first, she had held back because Dexilensi was also a child brought back by Liang Lai, and killing her would surely anger Liang Lai. So she just slapped her and planned to control her before going to complain to Liang Lai.
But now, Dolosa was completely enraged by Dexilensi.
She suddenly grabbed Dexilensi’s arm, and her fingertips began to crystallize. Tiny solid crystals rapidly covered Dexilensi’s arm.
If Dolosa clenched her grip now, that crystallized arm would snap and never heal.
Seeing this, panic finally flashed in Dexilensi’s eyes.
“No! You can’t do this!” she screamed, struggling frantically backwards. “Liang Lai definitely won’t like a child with a disability!”
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
Dolosa froze for a moment.
This girl was about to become disabled, yet the only thing she cared about was whether Liang Lai would like a disabled child? Even Dolosa, the pervert, felt this was perverse.
At that moment, Dexilensi’s piercing scream finally caught Liang Lai’s attention from the study, where she was researching the Original Owner’s diary. Liang Lai practically ran out of the room.
She had actually heard a noise when the dagger dropped to the ground but had assumed the children were just restless in their sleep and knocked something over.
Then she heard more sounds, prompting her to slowly get up to check for abnormalities.
As soon as she opened the door, she heard Dexilensi’s shrill scream.
“What’s going on?!”
Liang Lai pushed open Dolosa’s door in one go.
Before anyone could answer, she used the candlelight in her hand to see clearly inside the room.
At this moment, Dexilensi’s entire arm had already crystallized, while Dolosa held Dexilensi’s arm tightly, anger burning in her eyes.
“Dolosa! Don’t squeeze her hand so hard!” Liang Lai shouted fearfully, her eyes wide as she called out.
That shout brought Dolosa back to her senses.
She sneered coldly at Dexilensi, then released her grip.
“You’re lucky today. If you dare mess with me again, I won’t kill you, but I will make your life worse than death.”
After muttering this quietly, Dolosa quickly backed away, tears welling up in her eyes.
“Liang Lai! She suddenly showed up in my room with a dagger tonight. If I hadn’t reacted in time, she would have slit my throat by now!”
She pointed to the dagger on the ground.
“This is proof! If she didn’t want to kill me, I wouldn’t have had to defend myself! Wahhh…”
Dolosa immediately began complaining.
Liang Lai saw the dagger on the floor but didn’t have time to comfort the sobbing Dolosa. Her priority now was Dexilensi’s crystallized arm. If she didn’t deal with it soon, the arm might be ruined.
“Wait, little Duo, I’ll listen to the details later. Right now, I need to fix this!”
Liang Lai rushed to Dexilensi’s side and gently touched the crystallized arm.
A warm light radiated from Liang Lai’s palm, and Dexilensi, who was still angry and panicked, gradually calmed down.
She looked at the gentle Saintess in front of her, a wave of fear rising in her heart.
Instinctively, she grabbed the edge of Liang Lai’s clothes with her good hand, as if afraid the Saintess would leave or abandon her.
Dolosa’s body tensed, shooting a resentful glare at Dexilensi. If Liang Lai weren’t there, she probably would have slapped her again.
The commotion drew the other three children—Asterys, Delucia, and Illucy—who arrived one after another.
Asterys and Delucia approached Liang Lai, asking concerned questions, while Illucy stayed at the outskirts, anxiously observing everyone’s expressions.
“She tried to kill me.” Dolosa’s simple statement silenced everyone present.
At that moment, the crystallization on Dexilensi’s arm completely dissipated.
She suddenly burst into tears, sniffling and crying as she threw herself into Liang Lai’s arms.
Seeing this, not only Dolosa but also Asterys, Delucia, and Illucy were stunned.
Once they recovered, Dolosa gritted her teeth, stalked behind Dexilensi, grabbed the collar of her clothes, and yanked her out of Liang Lai’s embrace.
“Thud!”
Dexilensi fell awkwardly to the ground, tears welling but not falling from her eyes.
Dolosa also began to cry, clinging to Liang Lai’s arm.
“Mom, she tried to kill me! I’m so scared…!”
Dolosa was no longer the stiff girl she used to be.
Now she knew exactly how to manipulate Liang Lai’s heart and act a part.
After all… she had secretly reported to Liang Lai and made up stories about the other children’s mischief so many times, she was experienced.
This was the second time Dolosa called Liang Lai “Mom.” Liang Lai was momentarily stunned but then pulled Dolosa into her arms.
Just as she opened her mouth to ask what had happened, Dexilensi spoke up again: “I—I really don’t know what happened… I really don’t know how this all happened! I—I…”
Her voice choked up, tears flooding down like worthless pearls, pattering heavily on the ground.
“After I came to my senses, after I became conscious, I found myself standing in a strange room, with Dolosa sister standing right in front of me… Before I could figure out what was going on, Dolosa sister slapped me hard…”
Dexilensi sat on the ground, crying louder than before.